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The yummiest Sunday brunch board, wines, and mimosas are just a short drive and so very worth it!! You’ll love the food, ambiance, and hospitality at Deschain Cellars, Winery & Lounge in Gainesville…open Sundays from 11:30am-5pm. Tell them we made you go!!! 🥰😎😋![]()
North Texas Wine Country #eatdrinkshoplocal #edibledfw #drinknorthtexas #brunchboard #forestwinery
How did we miss #NationalCoffeeDay? We were certainly drinking plenty of it, lol!!![]()
You could continue celebrating like we are and check out this “Cultured Coffee” story from winter 2021 by Eric Swayne! Experience a coffee-crawl through 3 awesome local shops, and download a list of 17 coffee destinations and roasters with a local flair: www.edibledfw.com/winter-2021/cultured-coffee/![]()
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Get ready for a Meat Fight on November 12th!! This always fun, annual BBQ competition actually started in a backyard in Lake Highlands, and has evolved into a meaty chef-competition with a very worthy cause.![]()
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This year's event features 20 local chefs who will make you eat as they compete for trophies for best brisket, best sausage, etc. -- and you'll also eat samples in the Sweet Fight competition! Oh and there's a casserole competition, and beer from Community Beer Co. Yes, just saying that you'll be very full of meaty, sweetie, and beery goodness. ![]()
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The festivities include more than simply gorging yourself. You'll enjoy a meat-themed midway with games, and the BEST PART: this fun-lanthropy event benefits people living with Multiple Sclerosis.![]()
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Tickets go on sale October 3rd at 10am. See link below to snag yours!!![]()
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21 AND UP ONLY.Meat Fight is back! November 12th, we will smoke meats and happyscream together as we fight for a cure for MS.![]()
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If you’ve never been to a Meat Fight, you can expect a ton of killer barbecue, all the beers, a midway with meat-themed games, an auction with barbecue-celebrity-packed items and the most fun you’ve ever had at a charity event.![]()
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100% of ticket price goes directly to helping someone living with MS. We hope you’ll join us!![]()
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Bookmark the link now, and don’t be late. Tickets go on sale Tuesday, October 3rd at 10 a.m. (and in the past, they’ve gone fast: www.prekindle.com/event/56297-meat-fight-2023-dallas
Always appreciate being invited to the annual GO TEXAN Pavilion Preview Night at the State Fair of Texas! Lots of #localgoodness and saw plenty of friends, both old and new. When you’re at the State Fair, be sure you spend time at the GO TEXAN Pavilion and pick up lots of new local products!!!![]()
Texas Department of Agriculture #supportlocal #StateFairofTX #edibledfw #gotexan
Editor’s Letter Winter 2019-2020
PHOTO: MELINDA ORTLEY
On Sunday evening, Oct. 20, as I was editing this issue, a Category EF-3 tornado with winds of 140 mph roared through our neighborhood with little warning, collapsing walls, hurling cars, peeling away roofs and snapping wires and trees.
In the days that followed, we would learn that 10 tornados had pummeled North Texas, leaving miles of destruction and debris. That no lives were lost is nothing short of a miracle.
Though our own house remained intact, friends and neighbors suffered substantial losses. And oh, the trees—hundreds of them—severed, leafless, uprooted, gone forever.
As we go to press, many neighborhood haunts are still closed. Our independent bookstore, garden store, animal clinic, mechanic, grocery, bank, fire station, restaurants, schools, houses of worship all suffered significant damage. These places make up the fabric of our community. We ache for their employees and look forward to the day when their doors are open again.
Edible DFW’s long-standing advertising partner, North Haven Gardens, was a beacon of light in the turmoil, even as they dealt with the total destruction of their facility. The swift announcement that they would rebuild buoyed the neighborhood during those first uncertain hours. Kudos to Central Market, another advertising partner, for sending a mobile kitchen to its damaged store at the Preston-Royal Shopping Center, to prepare meals for affected neighbors and first responders.
We hope this winter issue of Edible Dallas & Fort Worth will also spread comfort and joy, starting with photographer Teresa Rafidi’s irresistible cover shot of dogs Moose and Ringo with their owner, farmer Charlie Blaylock. Within these pages, Meredith Steele offers soothing winter recipes from around the globe, and Dotty Griffith gives a lesson on making homemade gravy to ladle over holiday meals. From horticulturist Daniel Cunningham, learn tips on keeping your winter garden productive. We have holiday gift ideas from Kim Pierce, who will also tell you the sunny story of farmer Charlie and his wife Laura. And if you need an escape, Madison Simmons has laid out a weekend staycation in Fort Worth’s bubbly Near Southside neighborhood.
We are fortunate to live in a city with the resources to rebuild. Just as you support your local farmers, support your local retailers this holiday season. Seek out your neighbors in need and share. Let’s hold our loved ones tight and give thanks for small blessings.
As a kid, TERRI TAYLOR refused to eat her vegetables. Her veggie-phobia was cured in 1977 when she spent eight months working on farms in Norway and France. She studied journalism at UT-Austin and received a master’s degree in liberal arts from SMU. Her short story “Virginia” can be found in Solamente en San Miguel, an anthology celebrating the magical Mexican town of San Miguel de Allende. She has written for Edible DFW since its inaugural issue in 2009. She became the magazine’s editor in 2010 and is the editor of Edible Dallas & Fort Worth: The Cookbook.
